| Noc: | IRI |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1952 |
| Oldcode: | IRN |
| Location: | Helsinki |
| Competitors: | 22 |
| Sports: | 4 |
| Flagbearer: | Mahmoud Namjoo |
| Rank: | 30 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Iran competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 22 athletes represented Iran in the 1952 Olympics.[1] [2]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Boxing | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Weightlifting | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Wrestling | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| width=180 | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 56 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 62 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 79 kg | ||||
| Men's 56 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 52 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 67 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 73 kg |
See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Final | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Ali Baghbanbashi | 5000 m | 2 | 15:03.0 | 11 | Did not advance | 36 | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | 9:13.2 | 6 | Did not advance | 17 | ||
See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazlollah Nikkhah | 54 kg | Bye | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Emmanuel Agassi | 57 kg | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Petros Nazarbegian | 60 kg | Bye | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Ebrahim Afsharpour | 63.5 kg | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| George Issabeg | 67 kg | W Disqualification | L 1–2 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Ardashes Saginian | 71 kg | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 17 |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Mirzaei | 56 kg | 95.0 | 92.5 | 112.5 | 300.0 | ||
| Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 90.0 | 95.0 | 122.5 | 307.5 | ||
| Mohsen Tabatabaei | 60 kg | 90.0 | 97.5 | 120.0 | 307.5 | 8 | |
| Hassan Ferdos | 67.5 kg | 102.5 | 107.5 | 135.0 | 345.0 | 5 | |
| Jalal Mansouri | 75 kg | 110.0 | 107.5 | 140.0 | 357.5 | 8 | |
| Hassan Rahnavardi | 82.5 kg | 120.0 | 122.5 | 160.0 | 402.5 | 4 | |
| Firouz Pojhan | 90 kg | 112.5 | 120.0 | 155.0 | 387.5 | 5 |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Final round | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 52 kg | W Fall | W Fall | W 3–0 | W 2–1 | W 2–1 | L 0–3 | |
| Mehdi Yaghoubi | 57 kg | L Fall | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | Did not advance | 8 | ||
| Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg | W 3–0 | Bye | W 3–0 | W 2–1 | W 2–1 | L 0–3 | |
W 2–1 | ||||||||
| Tofigh Jahanbakht | 67 kg | W 3–0 | W Fall | W 2–1 | W 2–1 | W 3–0 | L 0–3 | |
L 0–3 | ||||||||
| Abdollah Mojtabavi | 73 kg | W 2–1 | W 2–1 | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | ||
L 0–3 | ||||||||
| Gholamreza Takhti | 79 kg | W Fall | W Fall | W Fall | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | L 1–2 | |
W Walkover | ||||||||
| Abbas Zandi | 87 kg | Bye | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | L 1–2 | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Ahmad Vafadar | +87 kg | L Fall | L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |